Sumela Monastery
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Sumela Monastery is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery dramatically built into a steep cliff face in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, renowned for its stunning setting and religious frescoes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sumela Monastery canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8686569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sumela Monastery Context triple: [Trabzon Airport, servesTourismTo, Sumela Monastery]
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A.
Alaverdi Monastery
Alaverdi Monastery is a historic Georgian Orthodox monastic complex in eastern Georgia, renowned for its towering 11th-century cathedral and significance as a religious and architectural landmark.
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B.
Varlaam Monastery
Varlaam Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora in central Greece, renowned for its dramatic perch atop a towering rock pillar and its well-preserved Byzantine art and architecture.
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C.
Simonopetra Monastery
Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
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D.
Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery is one of the most famous and wealthiest Orthodox monasteries in Cyprus, renowned for its historic icon of the Virgin Mary and its mountaintop setting in the Troodos Mountains.
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E.
Tana Qirqos Monastery
Tana Qirqos Monastery is an ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monastery situated on an island in Lake Tana, renowned for its religious significance and historic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sumela Monastery Target entity description: Sumela Monastery is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery dramatically built into a steep cliff face in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, renowned for its stunning setting and religious frescoes.
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A.
Alaverdi Monastery
Alaverdi Monastery is a historic Georgian Orthodox monastic complex in eastern Georgia, renowned for its towering 11th-century cathedral and significance as a religious and architectural landmark.
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B.
Varlaam Monastery
Varlaam Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora in central Greece, renowned for its dramatic perch atop a towering rock pillar and its well-preserved Byzantine art and architecture.
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C.
Simonopetra Monastery
Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
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D.
Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery is one of the most famous and wealthiest Orthodox monasteries in Cyprus, renowned for its historic icon of the Virgin Mary and its mountaintop setting in the Troodos Mountains.
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E.
Tana Qirqos Monastery
Tana Qirqos Monastery is an ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monastery situated on an island in Lake Tana, renowned for its religious significance and historic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek Orthodox monastery
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monastery ⓘ |
| access | mountain footpath ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela
NERFINISHED
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Panagia Sumela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closedForRestorationFrom | 2015 ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| currentUse | museum ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1200 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Barnabas of Athens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sophronios of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| foundedInYearApprox | 386 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
aqueduct
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library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ refectory ⓘ rock-hewn church ⓘ |
| hasMurals |
portraits of saints
ⓘ
scenes from the New Testament ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Empire of Trebizond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse | monastic community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Altındere Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Maçka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trabzon Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Black Sea Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | steep cliff face ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| nearCity | Trabzon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cliffside location
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pilgrimage site ⓘ religious frescoes ⓘ |
| overlooks | Altındere stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Altındere National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Greek Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedFullyIn | 2020 ⓘ |
| reopenedPartiallyIn | 2018 ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| underwentRestoration |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sumela Monastery Description of subject: Sumela Monastery is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery dramatically built into a steep cliff face in Turkey’s Pontic Mountains, renowned for its stunning setting and religious frescoes.
Referenced by (4)
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